Record-cleaner



Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

attorney THOMAS J'. vSLOWZEY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

nnconnrcrlnnnnnh Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar.30 1920.

Application filed May 21, 1919. Serial No. 298,649.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J. SLOWEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Marland, have invented a new and useful ecord-Gleaner, of

Y which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for phonographs whereby therecords'can be cleaned as they' rotate with the support ing table of themachine, it being poss ble to .use the cleaner either during the playingof the record or independently thereof, as

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preferred.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which receivesits power from the rotating table and isadjustable to tables ofdifferent sizes and to'machines of various makes. Another object is toprovide a device of this type which is' cheap to manufacture,- can beapplied easily, and can be left on the machine at all times, if sodesired, without mar-ring the appearance of the machine.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details.ofconstruction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood thatvarious changes maybe made in the construction .and arrangement of theparts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantagesof the invention as set forth in the appended claims. v

In the accompanying drawings he preferred form of the invention as beenIn said drawings- Figure 1 isa side elevation of the device, theadjacent parts of the phonograph being shown by broken lines.

'Fig. 2 is a section on line II- II, Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a splitsleeve having a clamping screw whereby the sleeve can be tightened onthe upstanding-sound tube A of a phonograplnthe said boltbe'ingindicated at 2. The sleeve 1 has a bearing outstanding therefrom,as at 3and is also provided with a finger 4.. A U-shaped member or yoke5 has onearm thereof insertible downwardly into the bearing 3 andadapted to rotate therein. A collar. 6 is adjustably mounted on said armOf the yoke and is held in place by a set screw 7 This collar bearsdownwardly upon the bearing 3 and limits the downward movement of themember 5. The other arm of the member or yoke 5 has a supporting strip 8extending from the lower end thereof toward the rotary table B of thephonograph, and the lower end of a bearing pin 9 engages this strip andis engaged by a friction disk 10. A gear 11-is located on the disk andengages another gear 12 secured to a shaft 13. One

' end of this shaft is journaled in the free k arm of the yoke 5 and atan intermediate point the shaft is journaled in the pin 9. The free endof the shaft 13 is provided with a cleaner or bufi'er 14 which can be inthe form of a cylindrical brush, roll or the like. A spring 14 isfastened at one end to the finger 4 and at its other end to the strip 8and this spring operates to pull the friction disk 10 against theperiphery of the table B so that, when the table is rotated, motion-willbe transmitted to the shaft 13' and cleaner 14. This cleaner will berotated so as to brush oppositely to the direction of rotation of therecord disk C. When the device is not in use it can be unfastenedfrom-the finger 4, lifted out of the bearing 3; and removed from themachine. If desired, however, it can be left onthe machine 7 to cleaneach record as it is being played. What is claimed is 4 1 ,1. A cleaningattachment for phonographs, including 'a swinging structure, a

'revoluble member carried thereby for engagement with and actuation bythe rotary"; table of a phonograph, a revoluble cleaning element drivenby said member for engagement with the surfaceof a record on the table,and means for attaching the swinging structure to a phonograph.

2. An attachment for phonographs, including a swinging structure, arevoluble member carried. thereby for engagement with the periphery ofthe revoluble table of a phonograph, a revoluble cleaning elementvmovable with said structure and adapted to engage the surface of arecord on the table, and yielding means for holding the revoluble memberin engagement with the peripheryof the table.

3. An attachment for phonographs includin an attachin member, a yokedetachab yand pivotal y connected thereto, a friction wheel carried bythe yoke, yielding means for holdingsaid Wheel incontact with theperiphery of the rotary table'of a as my own, I have hereto afiixed mysignaphonograph, a cleaning element adapted to hire 1n the presence oftwo Witnesses.

engage the surface of a record on said table THOMAS J SLOWEY and movablewith the yoke, and means for 5 transmitting motion to said element fromWitnesses:

the wheel. 7 IVY E. SIMPSON,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing PHIDOMENA A. RooHELL.

